Tom Guiler Author Talk: The Handcrafted Utopia

Join us for a special author talk with museum director and historian Tom Guiler! Traveling from Oneida, New York with his family, Tom will discuss his new book, The Handcrafted Utopia. As the jacket describes: “In response to the trauma of industrialization and urbanization in the late nineteenth century, the Arts and Crafts Movement took America by storm. Art exhibits, workshops, and societies dedicated to handicraft, worker dignity, and the production of beautiful art for the masses sprouted from California to Boston. They sought to reform the economic and social inequalities of industrial capitalism through communal living, artistic development, craft, and the creation and sale of finely crafted furniture, architecture, metalwork, and more.” Come learn how this powerful movement reshaped American art, labor, and community and why its ideals still resonate today.